Running away from a group of runners 🤦🏻‍♀️

[Fairydust777]

I’ve just completed W3R2. I amaze myself every time I go out and complete a run. I don’t even think about the people I pass on on the street anymore... that is until today! I saw a group of what I thought were teenagers in the congregating in the distance on my last three minute run. As I got closer (and more red, sweaty and puffy) I realised this group of people were in fluorescent tops/trousers and yes - it was a group of runners! I initially thought “just keep running it will be ok.” However my legs thought different and I changed my route! I feel more embarrassed at that than actually if I ran past them. Next time I see them, I’ll run past and smile 🙈

[Tasha99 Graduate]

I find it a bit if a nightmare when runners go speeding passed me too! But then they usually smile - an understanding between us both that we’re out doing our best and that running is hard!

[trogdelight Graduate]

I like running first thing on a weekend morning and spotting a fellow runner who is also nuts enough to be out at 6.30 in the morning rather than in bed.

I'm now of the opinion that the worst somebody can do is laugh at my attempts at running. In the words of Adam Ant, "Ridicule is nothing to be scared of."